Representatives of the Hong Kong index are speaking to RQFII,QFII and QDII licence holders about possible products linked to its cross-border index, set for launch on July 22.
The CSRC is proposing a raft of liberalisations to broaden its QDII programme, potentially presenting new sub-advisory opportunities for foreign fund houses.
Countdown to joining the MSCI: CSRC boss Guo Shuqing's call for a ramp-up of QFII and RQFII and giving retail investors daily liquidity may be a precursor to a landmark internationalisation of Chinese markets.
Chinese trust companies are expecting the regulator to broaden the range of securities they are permitted to invest in, until they are eventually on a par with fund managers and securities firms.
Paris-based Oddo and Guosen Securities are working together on investment, as European firms shift to the East and Chinese firms look beyond Hong Kong.
The bank has established a team in Shanghai and is working with a local fund house to explore outsourcing opportunities on the understanding that deregulation is inevitable.
The French bank has a new Asia business development team whose main focus will be asset management, and has boosted its stake in its Chinese fund-management joint venture.